What does MIME type means for a web server?
MIME types is a way to attach an application to a file type like on a PC we associate a default program with a file extension. The same has to be done for a web server as well. The webserver sends a html header "content-type" when a file is downloaded from the server, this header is used by the browser to open that file with the default program associated with that content type on the user's machine.
How to setup the MIME type for a website (instead of the whole server):
To setup a MIME type, add the following lines to .htaccess (if file is not present create a .htaccess file in the root folder of the website and add the following lines to it):
AddType <content-type> <file extension>
Replace <content-type> with the actual content type or MIME type and <file extension> with the file extension for which the content type should be applied.
e.g. for a .JAD file we would set something like:
AddType text/vnd.sun.j2me.app-descriptor jad
for a java file, we should set:
AddType application/java-archive jar
For shockwave movie we should place:
AddType application/x-shockwave-flash swf
For CAB files (windows mobile phone OTA (over the air) installation:
AddType application/x-cab-compressed cab
Here is a list of common MIME types:
AddType text/html .html .htm
AddType text/plain .txt
AddType text/richtext .rtx
AddType text/tab-separated-values .tsv
AddType text/x-setext .etx
AddType text/x-server-parsed-html .shtml .sht
AddType application/macbinhex-40 .hqx
AddType application/netalivelink .nel
AddType application/netalive .net
AddType application/news-message-id
AddType application/news-transmission
AddType application/octet-stream .bin .exe
AddType application/oda .oda
AddType application/pdf .pdf
AddType application/postscript .ai .eps .ps
AddType application/remote-printing
AddType application/rtf .rtf
AddType application/slate
AddType application/zip .zip
AddType application/x-mif .mif
AddType application/wita
AddType application/wordperfect5.1
AddType application/x-csh .csh
AddType application/x-dvi .dvi
AddType application/x-hdf .hdf
AddType application/x-latex .latex
AddType application/x-netcdf .nc .cdf
AddType application/x-sh .sh
AddType application/x-tcl .tcl
AddType application/x-tex .tex
AddType application/x-texinfo .texinfo .texi
AddType application/x-troff .t .tr .roff
AddType application/x-troff-man .man
AddType application/x-troff-me .me
AddType application/x-troff-ms .ms
AddType application/x-wais-source .src
AddType application/x-bcpio .bcpio
AddType application/x-cpio .cpio
AddType application/x-gtar .gtar
AddType application/x-shar .shar
AddType application/x-sv4cpio .sv4cpio
AddType application/x-sv4crc .sv4crc
AddType application/x-tar .tar
AddType application/x-ustar .ustar
AddType application/x-director .dcr
AddType application/x-director .dir
AddType application/x-director .dxr
AddType application/x-onlive .sds
AddType application/x-httpd-cgi .cgi
AddType image/gif .gif .GIF
AddType image/ief .ief
AddType image/jpeg .jpeg .jpg .jpe .JPG
AddType image/tiff .tiff .tif
AddType image/x-cmu-raster .ras
AddType image/x-portable-anymap .pnm
AddType image/x-portable-bitmap .pbm
AddType image/x-portable-graymap .pgm
AddType image/x-portable-pixmap .ppm
AddType image/x-rgb .rgb
AddType image/x-xbitmap .xbm
AddType image/x-xpixmap .xpm
AddType image/x-xwindowdump .xwd
AddType audio/basic .au .snd
AddType audio/x-aiff .aif .aiff .aifc
AddType audio/x-wav .wav
AddType audio/x-pn-realaudio .ram
AddType audio/x-midi .mid
AddType video/mpeg .mpeg .mpg .mpe
AddType video/quicktime .qt .mov
AddType video/x-msvideo .avi
AddType video/x-sgi-movie .movie
AddType message/external-body
AddType message/news
AddType message/partial
AddType message/rfc822
AddType multipart/alternative
AddType multipart/appledouble
AddType multipart/digest
AddType multipart/mixed
AddType multipart/parallel
AddType x-world/x-vrml .wrl
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